Best of the Year
Behold, the gown that gets my personal vote for Best Royal Wedding Gown of 2011. None of her other outfits even came close here...
the hair, the hair ornament, the makeup, the veil, the whole thing. Char never looked better.
Runners Up
See what I did there? Are you on to my game? Yeah...I picked out most of the colorful Charlene appearances for the year. She's been such a festival of beige n' black n' gray this year (let's just call this collectively the
blergh color family from now on), I had to go for the two
luscious greens and
the hot pink - which, even though I still think her makeup was tragic, was the best in color for her all year. Color! It's essential for the blondes, these are things I know first hand! Also making my runners up are
kicky prints and
youthful stripes. And I made two exceptions from the blergh color family for her princess perfect appearance at
Westminster Abbey and her
chic National Day day outfit. See, when you do it right, all is well...just don't do it exclusively, is all I'm saying.
Coulda put all the beiges and blacks here, grumble grumble grumble. But - with great restraint - I have picked but one: a
peek-a-boob (and tummy) jumpsuit (yeah, I think it was a jumpsuit) with some of the worst royal hair we saw all year. Thankfully she's got a handle on the hair these days (
though not always...).
What makes your best and worst lists for Charlene in 2011?
Photos: Getty Images/Daylife/Zimbio/Palais Princier
